Dates

Event

Constructed as a P-39Q-10-BE.

Circa 1942

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-20733.

26 July 1946

To Skylanes Unlimited Inc, Niagara Falls, NY with new c/r N92847.

By 30 August 1946

To unknown owner with c/r N92847.

1946

Raced as #75.

1946

Photographer: Bell Aerospace
Notes: When Air Racing resumed at Cleveland in 1946 Bell Test pilots Jack Woolams and Tex Johnston were entered with a pair of well equipped P-39 Airacobras. Cobra I and Cobra II were photographed prior to the races at the Bell Factory in Buffalo, New York.

1946

Photographer: John Garrett Collection
Notes: Jack Woolams was the pilot of Cobra I. Photographed on the ramp at Cleveland in 1946.

1946

Photographer: Bell Aerospace
Notes: A photo of Jack Wollams with Cobra I. As we know Jack would perish in this airplane during a test flight after an engine change in Buffalo. Most likely cause was the collapse of the windscreen. Bell aircraft took no chances though as some reports thought the tail had come off the airplane. Stiffeners were added to the tail of Cobra II prior to the Thompson and well as reinforcement to the windscreen.

August 1946

Photographer: Unknown

From 30 August 1946 to 2 September 1946

Raced as #75, named Cobra I.
Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the Thompson Trophy Reciprocating Division race. The primary pilot was Jack Woolams. Qualified in 3rd place with an average speed of 392.700 mph.

10 October 1946

Civil registration, N92847, cancelled.